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UE Issues will help devs keep track of Epic Games’ progress in fixing and improving its award-winning engine

The International eSports Federation (IeSF) has partnered with Alibaba Sports Group to boost eSports in China and across the world. Exact details on what the two companies will be doing are yet to be announced, however the partnership announcement did mention three key goals the two hope to achieve. The …

Former PlayStation VP of third-party relations Adam Boyes has joined Killer Instinct developer Iron Galaxy as the studio’s new CEO. Boyes announced that he was leaving Sony after four yearsearlier this month, saying at the time that he would be looking to make a return to independent development. In his …

Nintendo’s latest quarterly reports have shown a $233m loss, with the bottom finally dropping out of the Wii U market. Wii U hardware sales fell by over 50 per cent for the three months ending June to just 220 units while 3DS sales fell by seven per cent to 940k. …

New release also adds support for Open AL and Windows live tiles, improves C++11 support

Three Fields Entertainment has started work on a brand new driving game, co-founder Alex Ward has revealed. Ward previously suggested that the developer’s debut title, Dangerous Golf, would be used to help bankroll a new racing game.Whether the studio’s ambitions changed in the light of Dangerous Golf failing to hit …

Epic Games co-founder renews attack on Universal Windows Platform

Driving title to be second title from studio formed by former Criterion founders following Dangerous Golf

We finally have a pretty firm idea of what Nintendo has in store for the upcoming NX. As revealed by an extensive pair of reports from Eurogamer yesterday, the console is a portable/home system hybrid. The unit has an integrated screen with a controller plugged into either end. When on …

The community funded prize pool for The International 6 has become the largest prize pool in eSports history. Currently the prize pool sits at $18,571,128 although that will continue to grow until the competition is over on August 13th. Many are expecting the prize pool to break the $20,000,000 barrier …